Grip for boot and shoe laces.



C. A. CURRIE.

GRIP FOR 800T AND SHOE LACES.

APPLICATION FILED 04.12. 1916.

Patelited Nov. 21, 1916.

GARLETON ARTHUR CURRIE, OF WONTHAGGI, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

GRIP FOR BOOT AND SHOE LACES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed January 12, 1916. Serial N 0. 71,661.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARLn'roN ARTHUR CURRIE, a British subject, residing at No. 4 Cameron street, Wonthaggi, in the State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Grips for Boot and Shoe Laces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has been designed for use with boots and shoes in order to insure that the securing knot made in the laces thereof will not become undone, or loose while the boot or shoe is being worn.

It consists of a thin curved spring plate of steel or other suitable resilient metal or substance provided with two right angled or bayonet slots, one near each end of the plate with the open ends of said slots passing out at the bottom edge of the plate, while the lower ends of the end parts or bars beyond the slots are of curved form or spherical.

The invention will now be further described in detail aided by a reference to the attached sheet of drawings in which Figure l is a front view. Fig. 2 is a side view and Fig. 3 a top edge plan of the grip appliance shown about full size, while Fig. 4 shows the grip appliance in position securing the lace at the top part of a boot upper.

In the drawings A indicates the grip appliance, B the boot lace and C the boot upper the grip appliance which is curved to an arc of a circle, having a diameter of about one and five eighths of an inch, has the aforesaid right angled or bayonet slots a and the lower end of the end parts a of grip plate curved or spherical while the plate may be constructed of any suitable resilient metal or substance such as steel or celluloid of suitable thickness for its pur pose. The end edges of the grip plate are preferably milled or roughened in order to have a better grip on the lace.

When in use the grip plate is placed over the top lace eyelets or fastenings and the free parts of lace passed into aforesaid slots and tied together upon the crown of curve, the laces being drawn sufiiciently taut to slightly flatten the plate which thus has a drawing action upon the laces by their being held between the edges of plate, while in tension, and the surface of the boot upper, then the tying of the bow knot is completed and its free ends or looped parts are drawn upward under the curved or spherical terminals to under the end edges of the plate and held tightly thereat and so prevented from becoming loose. In like manner the grip plate may be arranged to secure the bow knot at the side of boot in place of being at its front as above described.

It is obvious that the form of lace grip shown may be varied without departing from the scope and purpose of my invention and further the grip plate may be constructed in various forms and embellished to suit the tastes of wearers, for instance, it may be made to appear similar to and so supersede the buckles of court and other shoes as now largely worn.

I claim 1. A lace gripping device comprising a plate cut away to leave arms on each side and a central tongue having recessed slots on each of'its sides.

2. A lace gripping device comprising a plate cut away to leave arms on each side terminating in spherical heads and to leave a central tongue having recessed slots on each of its sides.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OABLETON ARTHUR CURRIE.

Witnesses:

BEDLINGTON BODYCOMB, LESLIE LAWTON BEAR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

